URBAN / ARCHITECTONIC PORTFOLIO by Ana Sabrina Martínez 2008 - 2013
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Age 28 Nat Mexican T +32-0483-149-187 M sab.martinezf@gmail.com A Jan Stasstraat 5 bus 8 Leuven 3000, Belgium G Female
Architect and Urban designer
MOTIVATION My main inspiration is the people I am applying for collaborating with you as an urbanist and architect. My experience as urban designer, small architectural studio cofounder, head of the special projects department in an automotive corporation, and my latest success, the completion of my masters in urbanism and strategic planning, have uniquely prepared me to understand and solve projects for meeting both, our clients (capital) and the final users needs. My personal objective is to develop sustainable projects that consider the social agency as an important part of the design process. I believe that the lessons learned during the fieldwork of my master thesis from the slums in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico about sustainability, economy and self-organization, can be a powerful tool to reinterpret the contemporary city and should be taken into consideration when designing urban and architectural projects. Moreover, I consider the landscape as the strongest dialectical element in any territory, as it is the environment in which we live the one that shape us, and at the same time, it is us who constantly re-shape the environment. I am convinced that as urbanist, architects and planners, it is our task to make this dialect a virtuous circle instead of a vicious one. I am relocating to Brussels and would welcome an opportunity to talk with you about the open positions. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Ana Sabrina Martinez Feria
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CONTENTS Academic work
URBAN DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE
WORKSHOPS
PUBLICATIONS
[23] mapping Taihu CN
[56] our common risk
2013
URBANISM
2012
[9] landscapes of inclusion MX
[27] Gran Via ES
2009
2010
[57] Gran Via Sabadell
[33] Hercules - La Ca単ada MX
2008
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2011
[17] interplaying densities CN
Work experience
URBANISM
URBAN DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE
EXERCISES
PUBLICATIONS
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[37] reconstruction IT
[49] residential MX
[51] residential MX
[52] refurbishment MX
[46] Machorra MX
[41] North Qro MX
[47] Mediterraneo MX
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2013
LANDSCAPES OF INCLUSION and their moving spaces
Academic project Master thesis EMU Programme - KU Leuven
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LANDSCAPES OF INCLUSION location: area: promoter: scope: date: video:
AND THEIR MOVING SPACES
Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, Mexico 160,17 km2 Bruno De Meulder Master thesis November 2012 - June 2013 https://vimeo.com/73993110
Ecatepec de Morelos is a mosaic of fragmented realities hosting a multicultural environment. A landscape shaped by religious rituals, social traditions and a strongly rooted collective imaginary. It is an unfinished product mostly sculpted by informal urban practices, spaces in constant evolution (Turner, 1963), non-stop moving areas (B. Jacques, 2001) that use and create the landscape as “a language of perpetual conflict and compromise between what is stablished by the authority and what the vernacular insists upon preferring.� (Jackson 1984:148). It is a territory that demands its own right to the city by reclaiming the streets as a collective democratic element (B. Jacques, 2004) were scenes of [civic] public life and activities of exchange take place. Located in the northern part of what used to be part of the Lake of Texcoco. The majestic 260 km2 lake has been reduced to 17 km2 in 100 years. The dramatically shrinking water surface, the risk of flooding events and obsolete drainage system combined with high risk areas of subsidence obliges us to think about new solutions, visions and strategies when approaching this territory. I propose to recover what should be the most important resource and identity of the area, the water.The three transversal water structures (A,B and C) and the Grand Canal shown the left map, are projected as carrying structures for purified water distribution while serving as storm water runoff and graywater collectors. Both viaducts and open chanals, discharge todays considered wastewater, into the seven urban lakes along the territory. These basins are designed to create large public parks and water filtering infrastructures for processing this element through constructed wetlands and storing it in some of the rehabilitated Lake of Texcoco reservoir for future domestic and agricultural use. 10
Mexico City
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VISION 2050
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buildings on piles dike building street market dam - storm runoff collection water viaduct open canals constructed wetlands purified water basin storm and gray water recollection floodable areas lakeside transition woods agroecosystems water centers and communitary gardens vaporeto system vaporeto station teleferic gondola system teleferic gondola station existing metro system El Caracol water park Lake of Texcoco National Park suburban train station Remedios River Grand Canal topography lines every 10 m topography lines every 2.5 m topography lines every 0.5 m old lake of texcoco line
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existing section in floodable and subsidence area
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b proposed section in floodable and subsidence area
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dry season
wet season
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structure “a”
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structure “b”
structure “c”
proposal of water collection. (mountain system) section A-A’
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terraces anti-erosion water collector cut fill
constructed wetlands terraces for water purification section proposal B-B’
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water collector
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terraces anti-erosion cut and fill tecnique used for dike construction
community gardens
camping area
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public baths and gymnasium
B’
camping area public baths and gymnasium tianguis plaza
tree nursery for controling urban growth and erosion community gardens
dike gondola lift system
day-care center chapel
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community library filtering wetland terraces
terraces for erosion control
public baths
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60 m
purified water basin
warehouses reconvertion to mixed use public baths and gymnasium
civic center
C’ C
dwellings reconvertion to mixed use
abbandoned rail tracks used for moving market
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existing section
parking
proposed viaduct (structure b)
tianguis
taxi rack
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60 m
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VISION 2150? buildings on piles dike building street market dam - storm runoff collection water viaduct open canals constructed wetlands purified water basin storm and gray water recollection floodable areas lakeside transition woods agroecosystems water centers and communitary gardens vaporeto system vaporeto station teleferic gondola system teleferic gondola station existing metro system topography lines every 10 m topography lines every 2.5 m topography lines every 0.5 m old lake of texcoco line 0
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2012
INTERPLAYING DENSITIES Vision for Taihu 2040
Academic project EMU Programme - KU Leuven
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INTERPLAYING DENSITIES location: Taihu, Beijing, China professor: Kelly Shannon, Viviana d’Auria team: Ana Martinez, Calin Lambrache, Dennis Schowers, Ray Qin, Sam Khabir, Tianlu Chou, Yuvi Chauhan, Jonas Knapen scope: urbanism and urban design proyect date: February 2012 - June 2012
Beijing is booming at an unbelievable speed. In thirty years the city has grown up till its 6th ring road, where the Taihu municipality is located. The massive migration from rural to urban metropolis and the opening of the new high speed train station that connects Tianjin with Beijing, creates a strong trend of urbanizing the area. We believe that the challenge is to create a city that allows growing and shrinking. A dynamic, flexible, multifunctional city that rethinks density as a way of regenerating the urban fabric while creating a void occupied by a high-tech productive landscape. As a result, our project focuses on offering three diverse lifestyles - Ciquizhen City, Jin Kuang Villages and the Lian Villa Ciquizhen City is proposed for people wishing to have a healthy and intense outdoor life. The main idea is to create a car-less city were the public realm is completely designed while the private areas can be projected according to the inhabitant´s dreams. In Lian Villa, we have created a sanctuary specially for those who aim to live in balance with nature. We developed a natural-like man-made landscape network that connects the different villas to a series of get-away spaces, designed for their comfort and enjoyment. Moreover, the development gives them the opportunity to produce their own organic food, while living in a first class villa that can be shaped according to their needs. The Jin Kuang Villages are multilayered small/medium enterprise networks, that bring private and public investments to the area providing trading and training facilities along the Xiao Tai Hou River. The project aims to protect the traditional villages, while regenerating the urban tissue. This is archieved by developing new housing typologies that combine work and living units.
Beijing
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VISION 2040
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new urban tissue rivers open canals constructed wetlands fish ponds floodable areas parks existing villages productive landscape Ciquizhen City Lian Villa Jin Kuang Villages
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Ciquizhen City
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A’ B
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Taihu train station section B-B’
overlooking the productive landscape
section C-C’
second level of public space
Lian Villa
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Single house
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ground floor family house
first floor family house 0
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section A-A’
traditional villages with new typologies and water structures
Cizumi viewpoint tower
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Jin Kuang Villages A A’
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fish village
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section A-A’ dog village
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lotus ponds village
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NOMADICSCAPES
mapping Taihu intensive fieldwork and mapping workshop Academic project EMU Programme - KU Leuven & PKU China
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NOMADICSCAPES location: Taihu, Beijing, China professor: Kelly Shannon, Viviana d’Auria, Bruno De Meulder scope: fieldwork and mapping exercise date: March 2012
2011
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GRAN VIA
The metropolitan street of Sabadell Academic project EMU Programme - UPC Barcelona
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GRAN VIA, THE METROPOLITAN STREET OF SABADELL location: Sabadell, Barcelona, Mexico professor: Antonio Font and Isabel Castiñeira team: Ana Martinez, Ana Neto, Andrea Voigt, Angelica Salazar, Carmen Boyer, Pau Fuster, Sophia Fernández, Sonia Adamuz,Tomas Castro,Xavier Ribera scope: urban planning proyect date: February 2011 - May 2012
The Gran Vía in Sabadell is today mainly used as the main car connection between the City of Barcelona and it´s northern metropolitan area, creating a strong barrier between the downtown (north) and the industrial town (south). The proposal re-thinks the highway as a suburban clamp that reintegrates both sides of the city proposing a new cultural spine with public plugge-in programmes for leisure, heath, education and housing. The project is reinforce by a multimodal mobility network plan, which will allow the down-grading of street and therefore, the decrease the amount of vehicles for creating other types of activities.
avenue as barrier
intensity of use
density
boulevard of inte- c o n s t r u c t i o n mobility flows gration of ringroad for down-grading the boulevard
Barcelona
change of paradigm
mobility strategy
line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 line 6 line 7 line 8 restructuration road hierarchy
location
actual situation
eco-bicing parking bike actual bike lane lane Ripoll wild route proposal for new lanes bike-friendly streets proposal
restructuration of bus lines (13 to 8 lines) and waiting time reduction (25 min to 12 min) rising the system capacity (33% to 41%). actual section
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Carrer Ramon Llul
Carrer de Barcelona
Calle Rambla
Calle Saint Pau
Calle M. dei Rei
Calle de Sol i Pardis
Value map
Calle del C. de Raul
public facilities important buildings areas of opportunity commerce empty plots parking lots city doors
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Gran Via wider typical section
Gran Via narrower typical section
typical boulevard section proposal 1
actual situation sidewalks bus lines 2 car lanes in each direction + side lanes and parking space space for transportation 60% space for pedestrian 40%
space for transportation 70% space for pedestrian 30%
option A1 (Rambla)
option A1
central rambla,bike lane,tram stop, wide sidewalks tram lane
typical boulevard section proposal 2
2 car lanes in each direction space for transportation 35% space for pedestrian 65%
space for transportation 70% space for pedestrian 30%
space for transportation 40% space for pedestrian 60%
space for transportation 70% space for pedestrian 30%
space for transportation 35% space for pedestrian 65%
space for transportation 60% space for pedestrian 40%
option A2 wide sidewalks, bike lane tram lane 2 car lanes in each direction option A3
option A3 wide sidewalks, bike lane,tram stop tram lane 2 car lanes in each direction
typical boulevard section proposal 3
option B1 wide sidewalks, bike lane,tram stop tram lane 2 car lanes in each direction space for transportation 35% space for pedestrian 65%
space for transportation 55% space for pedestrian 45%
space for transportation 30% space for pedestrian 70%
space for transportation 50% space for pedestrian 50%
option B2
wide sidewalks, bike lane,tram stop tram lane 1 car lane in each direction, 1 lane for left turn
option B2
typical promenade section proposal 1
cross street Gran vía - Ctra Prats de Llucanes
Gran vía - C de Caldes
Gran vía - C de les Creus
pedestrian movements Gran vía - Sol i Pardis
Gran vía - Ctra Barcelona
Gran vía - Rambla
2009
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HERCULES - LA CAĂ‘ADA towards a policentric city
Academic project bachelor architecture- ITESM Queretaro
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HERCULES - LA CAÑADA location: La Cañada, Queretaro, Mexico Professor: Alfonso Garduño, Carlos Gómez team: Ana Martinez, Aurelio Valtierra scope: Urban/Architectonic design date: August 2009 - December 2009
Santiago de Querétaro is one of the most important cities of Mexico. It is located 178km from Mexico city and forms part of the industrial area called Bajio. As many latin american cities, during the last 30 years Queretaro´s urban sprawl has grown up to 16 times more, without any fixed plan or design. This undergraduate exercise was done to understand the agents of growth of the city while recovering the identity of the neighborhood “Hercules and La Cañada”. These are the barrios were the indigenous people settled back in the day of the colonization. Moreover, this area is known as the place were the spring-water was collected and transported towards the city center. Today an almost deserted highly polluted river is all that remains. The project aims to recover the river side while regaining the old centrality of the area. levels of pollution
73%
286.000 ton/yr
moves
Current Current
actual situation monocentric city
Monocentric Monocentric city city
16% 11% 64.354 ton/yr
42.902 ton/yr
industry nature Proposed Proposed
Querétaro
mobility
proposed poli-centric city
Poly-centric Poly-centric city city
actual density
proposed density
Z1
plots to intervine
recovery of river front with public plugged-in facilities
bike lane tram river purification
plots to intervine T4 without riverfront T4 with riverfront T3 T2
access rectory library theater performing arts visual arts
performing arts building ground floor
performing arts building first floor
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2011
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RECOSTRUCTION OF PALAZZO CAMPONESCHI L’ Aquila
Work Experience internship - Rizzi Proteco
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RECOSTRUCTION OF PALAZZO CAMPONESCHI location: L’ Aquila, Italy architect: Rizzi Proteco ocupation: intership/ modeler scope: project date: June 2011 - September 2011
The earthquake of 2009 in the region of Abruzzo affected mostly the city of L’ Aquila. Today the city looks like what could only be described as a post-disaster abbandoned area. To restablish the economical activities, some organizations decided to begin with the reconstruction of the most imporant monuments. This exercise was done for a competiotion held by the municipality of L’ aquila during a period of three months summer internship in Venice. at the studio Rizzi Proteco. The main activity I performed was the production of three plaster models for explaining the relation and importance of the Palazzo Camponeschi and the city. One 1:500, 1:25,000 and 1:100,000
physiognomy of the city and morphology of the place
City and landscape
Palazzo Camponeschi and La Fontana delle 99 Cannelle
NORTH DEVELOPMENT a new way of planning the city
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2008
Work Experience intership in urban planning - NURBLAT Queretaro
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NORTH DEVELOPMENT location: Santa Rosa Jauregui, Queretaro, Mexico architect: Nuevo Urbanismo Latinoamericano ocupation: designer scope: Urban planning project date: September 2008 - April 2009 area: 700 ha
The Development of Santa Rosa, will be the first sustainable project of these dimensions ever built for the QuerĂŠtaro City. In an hybrid yet fragmented city that has them both, historical and industrialized potentials, remains the nostalgia of the down town city center as the place where things happen in contrast to the contemporary city where sprawl has taken place taking away any kind of public space. The development is conceptualized with principles of New Urbanism, where the idea of a poli-center city linked by urban and suburban system of parks and plazas.
QuerĂŠtaro
1.Green corridors 2. Principal Avenue 3.Educational facilities 4.Ecoindustrial district
5.Hopitals district 9. Mall 6.Civic/Commercial district 10.Lake 7.University district 11.Urban Park 8.Club 12.Ecological reserve
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neighborhoods
districts and densities
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masterplan
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streets and main avenues
TRAINING PROJECTS re-thinking the industrial city
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2008
Work Experience intership in urban planning - NURBLAT Queretaro
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LA MACHORRA DEVELOPMENT location: Queretaro, Mexico architect: Nuevo Urbanismo Latinoamericano (NURBLAT) ocupation: designer scope: project date: September 2008 - April 2009
La Machorra was a rapid exercise for creating a new neighborhood next to an industrial development. The challenge of this project was to create a housing neighborhood that allowed mixed use and at the same time, create a public space network with low founds.
MEDITERRANEO DEVELOPMENT location: Queretaro, Mexico architect: Nuevo Urbanismo Latinoamericano (NURBLAT) ocupation: designer scope: project date: September 2008 - April 2009
The first project I had during my intern was to take the Fraccionamiento Mediterraneo in Corregidora QuerĂŠtaro (made by another firm) and redesign it with more economical and spatial values. The original design functions as a cluster with 129 houses without any kind of public space or commerce area. The redesign project archived 120 dwellings plus 22 spots for commerce and a small community park keeping the sizes of the housing plot of the original plan.
ARCHITECTONIC PROJECTS private clients - residential houses
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2009
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Work Experience designer - Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura Queretaro
NOTE: For privacy reasons the clients requested not to reveal the plans of the houses
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CASA SANCHEZ CASTILLO location: Nuevo León, Mexico architect: Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura ocupation: designer scope: architectonic project date: January 2010 - June 2010
This project arrived to us after finishing the “Casa Sánchez Carrillo”. Our former client was happy with the results and recommended us to her brother in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The challenge of this project was to merge the interest of a recently married couple. They wanted a dynamic house where their family could grow.
main entrance
backside facade
living room and staircase
CASA SANCHEZ CARRILLO location: QuerĂŠtaro, Mexico architect: Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura ocupation: designer scope: architectonic project date: August 2009 - October 2009
First single family house design made by Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura. The challenge was to propose an interesting and at the same time economical project. The clients were a couple in their late 40´s with two teenage children.
dinning room
public area perspective
kitchen
CABAÑA XACHÉ location: State of Mexico, Mexico architect: Laboratorio Siete Arquitectura ocupation: designer scope: refurbishment and expansion project and construction date: June 2009 - April 2010
The Cabaña Xaché was a project taken when half of the house was already built. The clients had several problems with the former architects and decided to change firms. The challenge in this project was to reinterpret the “shell of the house” and reshuffle the interiors to better fulfill the client´s needs. Moreover, a third body was requested projected and approved by the clients.
House re-oriented towards the landscape. Interventions: the main facade was practically deniying the landscape. We redirected the central body by proposing a glass facade due to its public function
re-distribution of Master room
ground floor: chimney, living and dinning room in central body. First floor: Reading area
chidren´s room proposal
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Academic projects IUAV - EMU UPC - EMU
The booklet Our Common Risk – Scenarios for the diffused city is published. It collects the results of the fall semester 2011/2012 of the EMU (IUAV University of Venice) produced by the Master students and professors together with Latitude, in the frame of the 5th International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam (2012)
The booklet La reforma de la Gran Via – Un projecte de futur is published. It collects the results of the spring semester 2011/2012 of the EMU (Universidad Politècnica de Cataluña) produced by the Master students and professors.
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Thanks for your consideration For more information, videos, photographs and projects please visit my webpage: http://annies-002.wix.com/urbanandarchitectonicprojects#!__pm-ingles
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